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Ellen Burstyn

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1932Born, Detroit
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Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". She has also received a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. Burstyn made her acting debut on Broadway in Fair Game in 1957 before winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Same Time, Next Year (1975). She earned the Academy Award for Best Actress as the widow Alice Hyatt in Martin Scorsese's romantic drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). Her other…

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InterstellarMurph (older)
Requiem for a DreamSara Goldfarb
The Age of AdalineFlemming
Red DragonGrandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitBernie Stabler
2026Place to BeBrookeMovie
2026Flesh ImpactMarilyn MonroeMovie
2025Duse, the GreatestMovie
2024E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. TrumpE. Jean CarrollMovie
2024Mother, CouchMotherMovie
2023The Exorcist: BelieverChris MacNeilMovie
2022The First LadySara Delano Roosevelt · 6 episodesShow
2022Three MonthsValerieMovie
2021Queen BeesHelen WilsonMovie
2021Watch on the RhineFannyMovie
2021Law & Order: Organized CrimeBernadette Stabler · 27 episodesShow
2020Pieces of a WomanElizabeth WeissMovie
2019Lucy in the SkyNana HolbrookMovie
2019American WomanMiss DollyMovie
2019The House of TomorrowJosephine Prendergast · Executive ProducerMovie
2018NostalgiaHelen GreerMovie
2018All I WishCelia BergesMovie
2018The TaleNettieMovie
2016Wiener-DogNanaMovie
2016CustodyBeatrice FisherMovie
2015UnityNarrator (voice)Movie
2015About ScoutGramMovie
2015The Age of AdalineFlemmingMovie
2014The CallingEmily MicallefMovie
2014Petals on the WindOlivia FoxworthMovie
2014Two Men in TownMère GarnettMovie
2014Draft DayBarb WeaverMovie
2014River of FundamentHathfertitiMovie
2014Flowers in the AtticGrandmotherMovie
2013Wish You WellLouisa Mae CardinalMovie
2013MomShirley · 1 episodeShow
2013House of CardsElizabeth Hale · 5 episodesShow
2012ComaMrs. Emerson · 2 episodesShow
2012Political AnimalsMargaret Barrish · 6 episodesShow
2012Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to YouNanetteMovie
2011Another Happy DayDoris BakerMovie
2011The Mighty MacsMother St. JohnMovie
2010Main StreetGeorgiana CarrMovie
2009According to GretaKatherineMovie
2009Lovely, StillMaryMovie
2009The Velveteen RabbitSwan (voice)Movie
2009Possible Side EffectsMarnie Hunt · 1 episodeShow
2008W.Barbara BushMovie
2008The Loss of a Teardrop DiamondMiss AddieMovie
2007Mitch Albom's For One More DayPauline "Posey" BenettoMovie
2007The Stone AngelHagarMovie
2006The FountainDr. Lillian GuzettiMovie
200630 DaysMauraMovie
2006The Wicker ManSister SummersisleMovie
2006The Elephant KingDiana HuntMovie
2006Big LoveNancy Davis Dutton · 6 episodesShow
2006The Book of DanielBishop Beatrice Congreve · 4 episodesShow
2005Mrs. HarrisFormer Tarnower SteadyMovie
2005Our FathersMary RyanMovie
2004The Five People You Meet In HeavenRubyMovie
2004The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street BrothelTommieMovie
2003Brush with FateRikaMovie
2002Red DragonGrandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)Movie
2002Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya SisterhoodViviMovie
2001Within These WallsJoan Thomas · Executive ProducerMovie
2000Requiem for a DreamSara GoldfarbMovie
2000That's LifeDolly DeLucca · 36 episodesShow
2000MermaidTrishMovie
2000The YardsVal HandlerMovie
1999Walking Across EgyptMattie RigsbeeMovie
1999Night Ride HomeMaggieMovie
1998Playing by HeartMildredMovie
1998A Will of their OwnVeronica Steward · 2 episodesShow
1998You Can Thank Me LaterShirley CooperbergMovie
1998The Patron Saint of LiarsJune ClatterbuckMovie
1997FlashLaura StrongMovie
1997DeceiverMookMovie
1997A Deadly VisionYvette WatsonMovie
1996TimepieceMaud GannonMovie
1996The Spitfire GrillHannah FergusonMovie
1995How to Make an American QuiltHy DoddMovie
1995The Baby-Sitters ClubMrs. HabermanMovie
1995Follow The RiverGretelMovie

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